Dog Fight - Ostkreig Tournament Round 2

[Dog Soldier]

German turn 14.
10:00 AM December 13, 1942
Snow Conditions
Visibility 1km


Victory points after the German
turn fourteen.


The victory point total moved one point in my favor. I can still inflict as much losses on the Russians in casualty VP as they do to me. That will not be good enough. Both sides are punching away. My boxer is much more damaged. The weather closed in again to one km visibility. Even the weather gods are against me. The weather will prevent me using the two hex range of the 88mm AT guns. Hopefully, they will still surprise and disrupt the T-34s in the west. I have withdrawn the 11th PD forces from that flank to concentrate on the Sulatskiy bridgehead.

The isolated Russian armor in my rear has finally succumbed to an assault. Nineteen Russian vehicles were destroyed in the assault. Another two or three were destroyed by direct fire. I am using infantry units too worn out to go into the front lines here. Since they rallied this turn, these units can take on the isolated and disrupted Russian armor. I suspect the isolated Russian armor units have no morale left. I will be able to mop them up next turn unless the Russian artillery intervenes and disrupts my units. In that case it will be less artillery to attack my 11th PD infantry trying to reduce the Russian bridgehead. That is a small victory.

I begin whittling away at the Russian VP hex in the Sulatskiy bridgehead. Disrupted the first large Russian infantry unit. Took a shot at the 1st tank corps HQ and disrupted it with many losses. Hope that causes problems for the stronger armored units defending in the Sulatskiy bridgehead.

In the west, the Russians are repositioning for their next lunge while clobbering any targets of opportunity they can reach.

The Soviet cavalry are on the march. I just keep throwing units in front of them.
The dike is leaking pretty badly.

Dog Soldier